Tom Petty Quotes

It's so frustrating to be working so hard and know that it's not going anywhere and it doesn't matter.

That's not always a nice feeling when you've given everything, and it's not enough - it's an empty feeling.

All desiring is desiring for the futile. It leads only into frustration.

I often used to think myself in the case of the fox-hunter, who, when he had toiled and sweated all day in the chase as if some unheard-of blessing was to crown his success, finds at last all he has got by his labor is a stinking nauseous animal. But my condition was yet worse than his; for he leaves the loathsome wretch to be torn by his hounds, whilst I was obliged to fondle mine, and meanly pretend him to be the object of my love.

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.

My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.

I'm done in this business, that's for sure.

If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

Why do we work so hard to feel so terrible.

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

Sometimes you just give everything you have, and you do your absolute best, and it doesn't stack up.

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

I have just gotten to the point where I have been very, very disgusted with the fact that nothing is going on down there.

I'm so tired of running.

'Generations,' we slaved over for a year; we worked it over and over and over again, and in the end, it just fell short.

Writing about corporate America had sapped my energy, disappointed the editors, and unnerved me.

Sometimes it's hard. I'm not going to lie. It's tough. You feel like you're killing yourself, and you're giving it all you've got, and you're just not seeing it.

I knew my ways were unfulfilling. I chased power, pleasure, possessions, something satisfying. I knew I kept getting let down. I knew it was insanity, and I was never going to find fulfillment, but I didn't know what else to look for.

It's so disappointing to put in your best, hard work and then find the film flopping at the box office for no fault of yours.

It's hard to keep a positive attitude coming to work every day, feeling like you're getting better when the same result is losing.

Whenever you put so much time and effort into one single game, and you go out there and lose, it sucks.

I was honestly contemplating retirement. A lot of people don't know that, but I was done.